Surgical appliance.



No 807,160' PATBNTED DEC. 12, 1905.

11.. FOOTE. SURGICAL APPLIANCE APPLICATION FILED OCT. 27, 1904.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1905.

Application filed October 27, 1904. Serial No. 230,238.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUBERT TOWNSEND FOOTE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Rochelle, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Surgical Appliance, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to surgery; and its object is to provide a new and improved device for preventing nocturnal emissions of the male human being, the device being simple and durable in construction, designed for convenient attachment to and removal from the penis, and arranged to prevent pressure on the dorsal veins of the penis or on the sensitive urethra, and allowing the wearer to urinate while the device is in position.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the'same, as will be more fully described hereinafter and the pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings,

forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a face view of the improvement in an open position. Fig. 2 is a like view of the same in a closed position. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2., Fig. 4: is a plan view of the same; and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of one of the members, part being in section.

The ring A of the device consists of two members or parts Aan'dAijfhinged together at the bottom at A and adapted to be closed on top by a spring-band A, secured at one end to-th'e member A at or near thefree end thereof,lthe said spring-band A being provided with a row of apertures A any one of whic nay be engaged with apin or stud A",

pro ecting on the outside of the other member A so that the size of the ring A may be increased or diminished, according to the size of the penis on which the device is to be used.

The free end of the member A is provided steel, cut out to form a plurality of members or prongs, spaced apart, as plainly indicated in Figs. 3 and 5, the free ends of the members being connected with each other by a cross-bar B On the inside of the members A A are secured or formed the pricks or points G C, standing in transverse alinement with the spaces between the parts or members of the spring-arms B B, as plainly indicated in Fig. 3. the outer terminals of the said pricks or points being a distance from the spring-arms B B. (See Figs. 1 and 2.)

In using the device the'wearer disengages the springband A from the stud A and then swings the members A A into an open position, as plainly indicated in Fig. 1, the spring-arms B B moving with the members A A to permit of placing the open device conveniently in position on the penis. The wearer now swings the members A A into a closed position, so that the spring-arms B B snugly fit the sides of the penis, the springband A* engaging a corresponding aperture A with the stud A to lock the members A A of the ring A in a closed position, the entire device being supported by the springarms B B on the penis. Now in case of an erection of the penis during the sleep of the wearer the spring-arms B B are forced outwardly, and the sides of the swelled penis come in contact with the terminals of the pricks or points, thus causing sufiicient irritation for the wearer to wake up and to pre vent a nocturnal emission. The wearer on Waking up can quickly disengage the springarm A from the stud A to swing the ring open, and thus disengage the device from the penis.

By the construction shown and described no pressure is exerted by the spring-arms B B on the urethra or on the veins on the top of the penis, as the urethra extends freely in the space between the attaching ends of the spring-arms B B, and the free ends of the arms B B do not reach to the top of the penis, and hence cannot press on the veins referred to. By having the members A A hinged together and the spring-arms B B secured to said hinged members the springarms constituting the inner ring are adjustable with the outer ring, thereby varying the size of the inner ring and preventing undue pressure or binding on the organ. The springarms constructed and arranged as shown and described act as a guard for the-points C C, preventing accidental irritation of the wearer.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The herein-described article of manufacture, comprising a ring made in parts hinged together at one end and adapted to be adjustably connected with each other at the free end, points on the inner face of the ring, and supporting spring-arms attached at one end to the ring parts and movable therewith to vary the size of the opening between the springarms.

2. The herein-described article of manufacture, comprising a ring made in parts hinged together at one end, means for adjustably connecting the free ends of the said parts, points on the inside of the ring parts, and yielding spring-arms secured to the ring parts at the inside thereof and divided longitudinally to form spaces therebetween located before the said points, the said spring-arms being movable bodily'with said ring parts,for the purpose set forth.

3. Theherein described article of manufacture, comprising a ring made in parts hinged together at one end, one of said parts having a stud means for adjustably connecting the free ends of the said parts, having apertures to receive the stud, points on the inside of the ring parts, and yielding segmental springarms secured to the ring parts, at the inside thereof adjacent to the hinged ends of the ring parts, the said s ring-arms extending ap proximately concentric with the ring parts, and having members spaced apart for their full length for the passage of the said points, the said spring-arms protecting the points and preventing accidental irritation of the wearer, and the arms being adjustable with the said ring parts to vary the size of the opening formed by said arms, the attaching ends of said arms being angular and spaced apart to prevent pressure upon the urethra. 4. The herein-described article of manufac ture, comprising a ring made in movably-connected parts, one part having thereon a stud, a spring member permanently joined to one part, and having apertures therein to receive said stud, said ring being provided with points on its inner surface, and yieldable arms supported by the ring parts, at the inner sides thereof, said arms being separated longitudinally by spaces located before said points, and one of the saidring parts having lugs thereon preventing lateral displacement of said spring member. 7

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HUBERT TOWNSEND FOOTE. Witnesses:

THEO. G. HOSTER, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL. 

